Minimum Price Alcohol in Scotland

It's typical BS politics, attempting to divert attention from what a ghastly job Jimmy is making of running the country.

A couple of quid extra to get blotto on cheap cider. What good is that going to do, its pathetic.
 
chrisd said:
Are they planning to have a minimum price for cream cakes to help the obese??
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Why not.

If people cannot control their excesses it makes sense for the health authorities to step in.
I was at the hospital yesterday when a well overweight young woman was absolutely fuming when the surgeon told her that he would not operate until she lost weight.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
Why not.

If people cannot control their excesses it makes sense for the health authorities to step in.
I was at the hospital yesterday when a well overweight young woman was absolutely fuming when the surgeon told her that he would not operate until she lost weight.
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But should I pay more for my cream cake because of her lack of self control ?
 
Doon frae Troon said:
I am not sure if there will be any extra revenue generated as the policy is aimed at reducing consumption.
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Consumption won’t change so someone will coin it in and suspect it will be the Scottish Government. So here we have a tax increase by the SNP disguised as doing the right thing.

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Will the alcoholic reduce their intake? No of course they won't. They're addicted. And to fuel their addiction, just like a druggie, there's a greater chance of criminality. Will the almost alcoholic reduce their intake? That'll be a no then too. Will the person having a party/BBQ reduce what they buy for their shindig? No, not all but they'll just look for more bargains.

So who wins? The SNP have to fill the £15bn deficit somehow.
 
Why not leave pricing alone (since folk will find a way anyway) and instead apply legislation to limit the strength of the alcohol content
 
It won't stop the already alcoholic, I think we all know that. It may help to reduce those going down that path at a young age however as they will not find it quite so cheap to load up. Anyone see how many large bottles of cider the reporter from the BBC bought for not very much, I think it was £20. Scary amount.

Let's see how this works. Surely it is better than doing nothing.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
It won't stop the already alcoholic, I think we all know that. It may help to reduce those going down that path at a young age however as they will not find it quite so cheap to load up. Anyone see how many large bottles of cider the reporter from the BBC bought for not very much, I think it was £20. Scary amount.

Let's see how this works. Surely it is better than doing nothing.
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I personally think there are many other ways to tackle alcoholism than this, this is a step but the wrong step IMO and I see no other result than driving those already poor into further poverty to fund their addiction.

Will it stop future generations heading into alcoholism? Possibly, but probably not. I firmly believe the only way to tackle it is to try and change the UK drinking culture. Got to the likes of Italy where you rarely see drunks in the street or drunks standing at bars however you are likely to see Italians in cafes with a glass of wine socialising. In Germany where the beer is potent you see similar to Italy all be it with glasses of beer rather than wine but we aren’t seeing the same alcohol issues there we tend to see in the U.K, why is that?

We have a drink culture here tends to be drink till you get drunk and its extremely unlikely to change any time in the near and distant future. A step to change that is a big step in the positive.
 
I agree that education is the answer, but that education must come from the parents/schools.
If the parents are alcoholics how do you break this cycle.
IMO peer pressure would work better, getting rid of the lad/lass culture, not sure how you make that work

I see the always 'SNP bad' Scottish newspapers have all given this a thumbs up. Perhaps they are aware that it is a popular move with Scots.
Except the Express [of course] who for some crazy spittle flecked reason seem to think this will affect exports.

Val you seem to equate Alcoholics to poverty.
As a former licence holder north and south of the border I can assure you that in many cases that is not so.
 
Just to provide a bit of balance I read yesterday that the excess revenue would go to the retailer. The idea that it's a stealth tax should be taken out of the argument.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
I agree that education is the answer, but that education must come from the parents/schools.
If the parents are alcoholics how do you break this cycle.
IMO peer pressure would work better, getting rid of the lad/lass culture, not sure how you make that work

I see the always 'SNP bad' Scottish newspapers have all given this a thumbs up. Perhaps they are aware that it is a popular move with Scots.
Except the Express [of course] who for some crazy spittle flecked reason seem to think this will affect exports.

Val you seem to equate Alcoholics to poverty.
As a former licence holder north and south of the border I can assure you that in many cases that is not so.
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Not at all doon, I’m merely pointing out the alcoholics who it will hit hardest.

Coming from north Lanarkshire I know many alcoholics who are from poor and not so poor backgrounds but thankfully I know more who are recovering rather than suffering.
 
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